Thorneside railway station, Brisbane

Citytrain Station
station_name=Thorneside


region=Eastern Region
servicearea1=Cleveland
IB1=Lota
OB1=Birkdale
street=Railway Parade
suburb=Thorneside
zone=5
distance=27.76
platforms=2
platform_arch=1 island
access=overpass
trainconnect=no
busconnect=yes
pnr=yes
lifts=0
escalators=0
tvm=yes
disability=assisted
facilities= [http://www.citytrain.com.au/stations/station_details/thorneside.asp Link]

Thorneside Station is a railway station on the Cleveland Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network.

It is in Zone 5 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.

ervices by platform

Citytrain Platforms
p1name=1
p1linename=Cleveland
p1destname=Cleveland|p1notes=All stations
p2name=2
p2linename=Doomben
p2destname=City & Doomben|p2notes=All stations

=TransLink bus routes servicing Thorneside=

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History

The Thorneside railway station was originally named Waterloo when the Woolloongabba-Cleveland line opened on 1889-10-01, increasing urban development along the line's length. However, the very next year, Waterloo was closed.

The Wellington Point Progress Association formed in 1896 to agitate for an improved train service to the area.The station reopened in 1909, this time as Ransome’s railway siding, for transporting timber and firewood.In 1912 the station was moved north over Tingalpa Creek, and remained in use until 1931.

This left the area without a railway siding until 1917, when the abandoned siding reopened under the new name ofThorne's siding after William Thorne, who had owned the land when it was originally subdivided in 1913.The siding's name was quickly shortened to Thorneside and remained in use until November 1960 when the whole line wasclosed due to lack of patronage.

On 1982-09-25 the first section of the new rail service, between Lota and Thorneside, was officially opened.A return ticket to Central cost $1.10 and a weekly ticket cost $7.10, andthe line was electrified by October the following year.

On 1986-07-26 the Thorneside-Wellington Point rail link was opened andtickets to Central cost $1.80 and a weekly ticket cost $12. [http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/Corp/Residents+Info/History/About+our+suburbs/Birkdale/Birkdale+timeline.htm]

ee also

*List of South East Queensland railway stations

External links

* [http://www.transinfo.com.au TransInfo]
* [http://www.citytrain.com.au Citytrain]
* [http://qroti.com/placeinfo/qld/rail/thorneside/ Thorneside Station at QROTI]